The Bootmaker
The Bootmaker
17 Papakura-Clevedon Road
Trail marker #18
A butcher, a baker, a leather bootmaker?
By 1915, Clevedon Village was a bustling economy. Home to two general stores, a butchery, a bakery, two saleyards, a dairy factory, transport services, two blacksmiths, a post office and telephone service, a hotel with stables, a haberdashery store, wharfsheds and a bootmaker.
17 ‘Main Road’ was the home of Robert Couldrey, bootmaker. His small workshop was on the verge of the footpath. A replica now stands to the right of the old home. The original home was lost when the adjacent store burned in 1910 and a second villa was constructed in its place.
Location Map
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Hawthorn & Munro Building (approx 80m)
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Hawthorn & Munro Building (approx 80m)Continue north to the retail store ‘Harries’, on the corner of the Clevedon Village Reserve. The site marker is located on the north-facing side of the building.
The information for each site has been thoughtfully prepared in collaboration with the Clevedon Districts Historical Society, drawing on Voices of Belonging by Jessie Munro, Yesteryears by F. Murray, and records from the McNicol Homestead Museum. Together, they tell the story of Clevedon and the people and places that made it the community we know today.
A special acknowledgement to photographer Donna Jepsen for her work capturing these sites as they appear today.
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“Voices of Belonging”, Jessie Munro, 2016. Available to view and purchase at McNicol Homestead and for loan from the Clevedon Rural Library.
“Yesteryears”, Fraser Murray, 2009. Available to view and purchase at McNicol Homestead.
The Archeology of Clevedon Village and Wairoa River Valley, Opus.
The History of Clevedon School
An broad overview of our local history is available at clevedon.co.nz
Ngai Tai ki Tamaki’s history is rich and detailed in a number of online records;
• Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki website (“Our Stories”)
• Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki’s Deed of Settlement (Section 2.0 Historical Account)
• Clevedon School 150 year anniversary summary